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Skin minutely asperous, rough velvety to touch; asperities little 

 coarser in young. 



D. V, 27, 1 to 29, 1, first spine 2 to 6 in head, first ray IV^ to 3; A. 

 II, 26, 1 or 27, i, second spine V/i to 5, first ray V/i to SJ/g; caudal 

 deeply emarginate in young, only very slightly so or hind caudal 

 edge nearly truncate with age, 13/8 to 13^; least depth of caudal pe- 

 duncle 5 to 534; pectoral 1^^ to 1^; ventral 1^ to 2^; caudal pe- 

 duncle with 2 bony bucklers, each with broad, strongly compressed, 

 recurved spine, base of anterior 4 to 7^. 



Olivaceous brown on back, paler or quite light below. Back and 

 upper side covered with slightly darker, small, round spots, each 

 greatly less than pupil and of more or less similar size, these also 

 extend over head in some examples. Iris brown. Dorsals and 

 anals dark brown, broadly margined whitish, each with 2 longitudinal 

 rows of dark to blackish-brown spots in dark area of each membrane. 

 Caudal brown, becomes dusky submarginally with narrow white 

 border and dark subterminal area with obscure scattered dark small 

 spots, less distinct or absent with age. Pectoral brown, becoming 

 neutral dusky submarginally and edge broadlj^ whitish, narrowly so 

 with age. Ventral pale to whitish, with several brown spots. 



Zanzibar, Alauritius, Ceylon, East Indies, Philippines, Queensland, 

 Melanesia, Polynesia, Hawaii. In old examples, in addition to the 

 rostral hump, a hump behind the spinous dorsal hump about opposite 

 end of pectoral in vertical. 



8934. Atulayan Island, Luzon Gulf. June 18, 1909. Length 367 mm. 

 9283. Basot Island, Pocket Bay. June 11, 1909. Length 203 mm. 

 8556. Bolinao. May 10, 1909. Length 558 mm. 



7203. Cabugan, Hinunangan Bay, Leyte. July 30, 1909. Length 208 mm. 

 8768. Lahuy Island. June 11, 1909. Length 245 mm. 

 9030. Langao Point, Luzon. June 24, 1909. Length 267 mm. 

 8841. Maculabo Island. June 14, 1909. Length 285 mm. 

 9081, 9082. Malhon Island. July 27, 1909. Length 227 to 320 mm. 

 8594, 8599. Matnog Bay. May 31, 1909. Length 250 to 353 mm. 

 8755, 8756. Parangpong Island. June 10, 1909. Length 358 to 426 mm. 

 7090. Port San Pio Quinto. November 11, 1908. Length 560 mm. 

 8779. Quinalasag Island. June 12, 1909. Length 275 mm. 

 6901. Santo Domingo, Batan. November 7, 1908. Length 560 mm. 

 30545 U.S.N.M. New Guinea. AustraUan Museum. Length 208 mm. 

 43940 U.S.N.M. Mauritius. Col. Nicholas Pike. Length 230 to 320 mm. 

 Three examples. 



NASD EOUME (Lesson) 



Priomirus eoume Lesson, Voy. Coquille, Zool., vol. 2, pt. 1, 1830, p. 151. 

 Matavai Bay, Tahiti. 



Naseus vlamingii Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 10, 1835, p. 293. 

 Moluccas. — Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland Indie, vol. 4, 1853, p. 472 

 (Batavia); vol. 18, 1859, p. 354 (Baweau); Act. Soc. Sci. Ind. N<5erland., 

 vol. 1, No. 3, 1856, p. 9 (Macassar). — Gunther, Journ. Mus. GodeflFroy, 

 vol. 4, 1875, p. 123, pi. 81 (Bonham Island, Aneiteum, Ebon Island, 

 Ceram). — Alcock, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 65, pt. 2, 1896, p. 315 



